Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been convicted of extortion, racketeering and a range of other corruption charges in a federal court in Detroit.
The verdict, announced Monday morning, ends one of the largest public corruption trials in decades. Prosecutors argued Kilpatrick steered over $80 million in city contracts to friends, receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks in exchange.
The former mayor was convicted on 24 of 30 counts. Also found guilty were Kilpatrick's father, and a childhood friend, Bobby Ferguson.
A hearing is scheduled for 1:30pm Monday to decided if Kilpatrick should be immediately sent to prison.
Photo by Dave Hogg from Royal Oak, MI, USA